Inspirational Quote 9-30-08

"Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back."
-- Babe Ruth

Inspirational Quote 9-29-08

"To me, life is like the back nine in golf. Sometimes you play better on the back nine. You may not be stronger, but hopefully you're wiser. And if you keep most of your marbles intact, you can add a note of wisdom to the coming generation." -- Clint Eastwood

Inspirational Quote 9-28-08

"You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own." -- Mark Victor Hansen

Inspirational Quote 9-27-08

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." -- Jim Rohn

Brain Foods

Fish, Fish Oil, Good Fats and Bad Fats
Fish has been touted as brain food. Omega three fatty acids are the rave. There is good research to support these claims. In a study published in the British Medical Journal, French researchers reported that there is a significantly lower risk of developing brain problems among older people who eat fish at least once a week. Fish contain higher levels of omega-3-fatty acids.


Dietary Antioxidants
A number of studies have shown that dietary intake of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables significantly reduce the risk of developing cognitive impairment. Here’s a list of the best antioxidant fruits and vegetables from the US Department of Agriculture…

Prunes - Raisins - Blueberries - Blackberries - Cranberries
Strawberries - Spinach - Raspberries - Brussel sprouts
Plums - Broccoli - Beets - Avocados - Oranges - Red grapes
Red bell peppers - Cherries - Kiwis

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Another Reason To Love Blueberries
July 16, 2008 by Daniel G. Amen M.D.

Inspirational Quote 9-26-08

"Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open." -- Thomas Dewar


"Each today, well-lived, makes yesterday a dream of happiness and each tomorrow a vision of hope. Look, therefore, to this one day, for it and it alone is life."
-- Sanskrit Poem

Inspirational Quote 9-25-08

"Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out." -- Barbara Walters

"Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat other people -- your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way." -- Barbara Bush

Brain Health

10 Steps to a Better Brain
  1. Protect your brain from head injuries and toxic exposure.
  2. Put good food into your brain each day.
  3. Take a 100% RDA multiple vitamin everyday.
  4. Be selective about what you watch on TV.
  5. Physical exercise at least 3-4 times a week is essential
      to brain health.
  6. Destress the brain.
  7. Correct the negative thinking patterns that put your brain at
      risk for anxiety, depression, relationship and job problems.
  8. Make love for the brain.
  9. Make sure to get enough sleep each night.
10. Treat brain problems early.

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10 Steps to a Better Brain
June 10, 2008 by Daniel G. Amen M.D.

Inspirational Quote 9-24-08

"Follow your enthusiasm. It's something I've always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing."
-- Jim Henson

"The greatest crime in the world is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world."
-- Roger Williams

Inspirational Quote 9-23-08

"Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there." -- Josh Billings

Inspirational Quote 9-22-08

"Honor your talents and act like a woman -- a smart woman -- who knows how to jump over business obstacles, even in heels." --Nancy Clark

Inspirational Quote 9-21-08

"Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible." -- Norman Vincent Peale

Inspirational Quote 9-20-08

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inspirational Quote 9-19-08

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave." -- Mary Tyler Moore

"Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." -- W. H. Auden, Anglo-American Poet

Inspirational Quote 9-18-08

"Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way." -- Douglas Pagels, Author

"Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence, to think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted." -- George Kneller

Inspirational Quote 9-17-08

"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers." -- Ed Sullivan

"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance." -- Brian Tracy

Inspirational Quote 9-16-08

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -- Theodor Seuss Geisel

Inspirational Quote 9-15-08

"Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart."
-- Erma Bombeck

Inspirational Quote 9-14-08

"Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexible -- he is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are."
-- Frank Goble

Inspirational Quote 9-13-08

"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." -- Phyllis Bottome

Inspirational Quote 9-12-08

"Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie." -- Jim Davis


"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down." -- Mary Pickford

Inspirational Quote 9-11-08

"You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself." -- Carol Burnett

"When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out." -- David L. Weatherford

Inspirational Quote 9-10-08

"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers." -- Dave Barry

"If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all of your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fear." -- Cesare Pavese

Inspirational Quote 9-09-08

"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time."
-- J. Lubbock

Inspirational Quote 9-08-08

"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." -- John F. Kennedy

Inspirational Quote 9-07-08

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Inspirational Quote 9-06-08

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
-- Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational Quote 9-05-08

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."
-- Edmund Burke

"You can't control the contour of your face, but you can control its expression." -- Source Unknown

Inspirational Quote 9-04-08

"Nature arms each person with some faculty which enables them to do easily some feat impossible to any other." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have." -- Sir James M. Barrie

Inspirational Quote 9-03-08

"You can neither win nor lose if you don't run the race." -- David Bowie


“The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.”
-- Denis Waitley

Inspirational Quote 9-02-08

"Be different, stand out, and work your butt off."
-- Reba McEntire

Inspirational Quote 9-01-08

"It takes at least a couple of decades to realize that you were well taught. All true education is a delayed-action bomb assembled in the classroom for explosion at a later date. An educational fuse of 50 years long is by no means unusual." -- Kenneth D. Gangel

Information For Your Brain

Hi, I'm Chris Clark, and I'd like to welcome you to Brain411.net!

I'm currently researching the brain, and after I collect enough data, I will be providing the following information in this blog, with links to the sources ...

Brain Foods - Experts will show you foods that are good for your brain, and recommend recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Brain Exercises - Experts will show you how to train your brain using games, puzzles, etc.

Memory training - Experts will teach you techniques to improve your memory.